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AppsmithvsNginx-Reverse-Emby

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

AppsmithNginx-Reverse-Emby
Score80/10047/100
Rank in category#1 of 3 in Internal Tools#18 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars41 134191
Stars, last 30 days+198+0
Stable releases, 12 months190
Latest releasev2.6.0 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

Appsmith scores 80/100 against 47/100 for Nginx-Reverse-Emby, so it is the safer default.

Appsmith ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Nginx-Reverse-Emby.

Appsmith is growing faster right now (+198 stars in 30 days).

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